Chords for Bad News Merle and Noel Haggard
Tempo:
154.9 bpm
Chords used:
C
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D
A
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[D] Well, bad news travels like wildfire, good news travels slow.
[Am] [A] That's why they call me [D] Wildfire Man, everywhere I go, good [G] times bad times.
[G]
[C]
Bad news travels like wildfire, good news travels slow.
That's why they call me Wildfire Honey, everywhere I go, [Gm]
cause I'm [F] bad news.
Everywhere [C] I go, always [C]
[G] getting into trouble, and [F] leaving little girls that hate me to see me go.
[Dm]
[B] South, south, east, west, [A] going, it's exciting.
[D] One town, two love, four girls, I [A] had it all in my
[G] [G]
[C] [G] head.
Everywhere I [D] go,
[A] always getting into trouble,
[C] and leaving little girls [G] that hate me to see me go.
[A] Come on man, let's keep it going.
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[Bm] [A]
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[Gm] [C]
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Wildfire Honey,
[Cm] [D]
[F] [Eb] [F]
[C] everywhere [G]
[C]
I go.
Well, north to south, east to west, the story is the same.
One town to another man, [C] I had to change my [G] name, [F] cause I'm bad news.
[F]
Everywhere [C] I go, yeah [G] I'm always getting into trouble, [F] and leaving little girls that hate to see me [C] go.
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[C] [Bb] Wildfire [Bb] [C]
Honey, everywhere I go.
[N] Thank you all very much.
[Am] [A] That's why they call me [D] Wildfire Man, everywhere I go, good [G] times bad times.
[G]
[C]
Bad news travels like wildfire, good news travels slow.
That's why they call me Wildfire Honey, everywhere I go, [Gm]
cause I'm [F] bad news.
Everywhere [C] I go, always [C]
[G] getting into trouble, and [F] leaving little girls that hate me to see me go.
[Dm]
[B] South, south, east, west, [A] going, it's exciting.
[D] One town, two love, four girls, I [A] had it all in my
[G] [G]
[C] [G] head.
Everywhere I [D] go,
[A] always getting into trouble,
[C] and leaving little girls [G] that hate me to see me go.
[A] Come on man, let's keep it going.
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[Bm] [A]
[G]
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[Bb] [C]
[Gm] [C]
[F]
Wildfire Honey,
[Cm] [D]
[F] [Eb] [F]
[C] everywhere [G]
[C]
I go.
Well, north to south, east to west, the story is the same.
One town to another man, [C] I had to change my [G] name, [F] cause I'm bad news.
[F]
Everywhere [C] I go, yeah [G] I'm always getting into trouble, [F] and leaving little girls that hate to see me [C] go.
[F]
[C]
[Gb] [G]
[F]
[C] [Bb] Wildfire [Bb] [C]
Honey, everywhere I go.
[N] Thank you all very much.
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[D] Well, bad news travels like _ wildfire, _ good news travels slow.
[Am] _ _ _ _ [A] That's why they call me [D] _ Wildfire Man, _ _ everywhere I go, good [G] times bad times.
_ [G] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Bad news travels like _ wildfire, good news travels slow. _
That's why they call me Wildfire Honey, _ _ everywhere I go, [Gm]
cause I'm [F] bad news. _ _ _
_ _ _ Everywhere [C] I go, _ _ _ _ _ _ always [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ getting into trouble, _ and [F] leaving little girls that hate me to see me go. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ _ _ [B] South, south, east, west, _ [A] going, _ it's exciting.
_ _ _ [D] One town, two love, four girls, I [A] had it all in my _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [G] head. _ _
Everywhere I _ [D] go, _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] always getting into trouble, _
_ [C] and leaving little girls [G] that hate me to see me go.
[A] Come on man, let's keep it going. _ _ _ _ _
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_ Wildfire Honey, _ _ _
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[F] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ everywhere _ [G] _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ I go.
Well, north to south, east to west, the story is the same. _
_ One town to another man, [C] _ I had to change my [G] name, [F] cause I'm bad news.
_ _ _ [F] _
_ _ Everywhere [C] I go, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ yeah [G] I'm always getting into trouble, _ _ [F] and leaving little girls that hate to see me [C] go.
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_ _ [C] _ [Bb] Wildfire _ [Bb] _ [C]
Honey, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ everywhere I go.
_ _ [N] Thank you all very much.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] Well, bad news travels like _ wildfire, _ good news travels slow.
[Am] _ _ _ _ [A] That's why they call me [D] _ Wildfire Man, _ _ everywhere I go, good [G] times bad times.
_ [G] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Bad news travels like _ wildfire, good news travels slow. _
That's why they call me Wildfire Honey, _ _ everywhere I go, [Gm]
cause I'm [F] bad news. _ _ _
_ _ _ Everywhere [C] I go, _ _ _ _ _ _ always [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ getting into trouble, _ and [F] leaving little girls that hate me to see me go. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ _ _ [B] South, south, east, west, _ [A] going, _ it's exciting.
_ _ _ [D] One town, two love, four girls, I [A] had it all in my _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [G] head. _ _
Everywhere I _ [D] go, _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] always getting into trouble, _
_ [C] and leaving little girls [G] that hate me to see me go.
[A] Come on man, let's keep it going. _ _ _ _ _
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_ Wildfire Honey, _ _ _
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[F] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ everywhere _ [G] _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ I go.
Well, north to south, east to west, the story is the same. _
_ One town to another man, [C] _ I had to change my [G] name, [F] cause I'm bad news.
_ _ _ [F] _
_ _ Everywhere [C] I go, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ yeah [G] I'm always getting into trouble, _ _ [F] and leaving little girls that hate to see me [C] go.
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_ _ [C] _ [Bb] Wildfire _ [Bb] _ [C]
Honey, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ everywhere I go.
_ _ [N] Thank you all very much.